elita
03-12-2007, 06:50 AM
I have a quite straightforward question - but my apologies, I haven't had any luck finding answers elsewhere.
I work for a renewable energy project, putting solar power systems in to remote locations in central Australia.
Guaguing fridge consumption is a big part of sizing our systems. We have data here in average consumption for fridge models - but we can find no scientific ways to account for the influence of ambient temperature.
While we understand there are a lot of variables here, eg fridge model - we are hoping to find some rules to apply when temperature moves away from stanards.
We have desert sites, with cold nights and days up to high 40**Cs, and tropical sites which are hot and humid all year.
Any advice or direction would be appreciated,
regards, Emma
I work for a renewable energy project, putting solar power systems in to remote locations in central Australia.
Guaguing fridge consumption is a big part of sizing our systems. We have data here in average consumption for fridge models - but we can find no scientific ways to account for the influence of ambient temperature.
While we understand there are a lot of variables here, eg fridge model - we are hoping to find some rules to apply when temperature moves away from stanards.
We have desert sites, with cold nights and days up to high 40**Cs, and tropical sites which are hot and humid all year.
Any advice or direction would be appreciated,
regards, Emma